The attack aftermath. Questions must be asked.

Personnel of 51 Squadron RAF Regiment on a security patrol around the perimter of Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.
51 Squadron are the Resident Field Squadron at Camp Bastion who as part of 5 Force Protection Wing protect the troops and aircraft at Camp Bastion

51 Squadron (Sqn) Royal Air Force (RAF) Regiment carry out a routine foot patrol in their area of operation (AO) to the south of Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.
51 Sqn, based at RAF Lossiemouth in the UK are split up into various combat roles including quick reaction force (QRF) and guard posts around the perimeter fence, this particular unit are tasked with patrolling and engaging with local nationals in order to keep up to date with whats going on around Main Operating Base (MOB) Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

A few questions that must be asked about this attack...

1.  How did the enemy get close to the base without being detected.
2.  How were they able to breach walls without being engaged.
3.  How long did it take the Quick Reaction Force to respond to the incident.
4.  Why wasn't intel about an attack issued.


Why are we reading news stories about this incident before we have an official after action.  Why is the RAF Regiment is working so hard to state that this was a successful engagement of the enemy when it was anything but.  

The enemy penetrated the base and destroyed aircraft.  That means RAF Regiment had mission failure.

You can't dress it up any other way.

US Marines can't get away unscathed either.  We're the USMC, not the Army, not the Navy, not the Coast Guard or Air Force.  Since when do we depend on another force to provide security?  Where were our people that were charged with protecting these mission critical, high value aircraft?  You can have all the outer security you want but in my experience you always have internal security...especially if an unfamiliar unit is providing that security!

As much as I hate to say it we're being spun.  We need real answers to real questions.

NOTE:
I'm not hating on the RAF Regiment but geez.  Seriously?  Bragging after a successful enemy attack is just wrong.  If they had been caught outside the wire and repulsed then that would be one thing, but these bozos made it onto the base...over to the flightline and created chaos for over 4 hours.  Not good and nothing to be proud of. 

NOTE 1:
A unit that should get some kudos but is playing it low key are the Cannon Dudes from 2/10 (I call you gun bunnies but I'm trying to show love this one time).  They acted as infantry and added their firepower to the attack.  They're getting little mention while we're hearing about RAF Regiment and the Air Wing Marines doing their stuff everyone is ignoring how this unit stood to get the job done.